Shawn Lord on the aLovingRobot Youtube channel recently sat down with Jeff Butler and talked about game design with Jeff Butler (Everquest, Vanguard, and EQNext). The two (who both worked on the original Everquest) talk about the Everquest, Vanguard, and also about what happened to Everquest Next, what the title did right and how it …
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When mankind finally discovers the secrets of time travel, it wouldn’t surprise me if it was by the hand of someone in the Everquest community. When the news break to the rest of the world and the press break down the doors where the time machine is kept, they will discover that the scientist and …
I’ve been getting back into Everquest lately, just taking it slow and reliving old memories mostly. To intensify the feeling of nostalgia, I have been listening to Return to Everquest. In the latest episode, the hosts sit down with Mike Shae aka Sly Flourish to talk about the early days of Everquest and his passion …
Everquest is celebrating its 22nd birthday these days, making it one of the longest-running MMORPGs out there. In those 22 years, there has been a huge amount of Everquest-related merch, gear, and collectibles released over the years. In this post, we have gathered our favorite EQ merch that is currently available for you to buy …
Happy 22nd Anniversary to Everquest! The legendary MMORPG is celebrating with in-game events, a new Producer’s Letter, and a giveaway. All players will be getting a 50% XP bonus lasting for two weeks, until March 31st, along with the following items. 1x Goblet of Adventure III 1x Othmir Fez Hat Ornament 1x Hero’s Forge Unlock …
Everquest Online Adventures was sadly shut down almost a decade ago in 2012, but like many other MMOs, EQOA has a dedicated group of hardcore fans working on an emulated private server titled Return Home. The website for the project hasn’t been updated in a while but recently Youtuber JUDAHofJUDEA has posted a couple of …
Everquest’s 26th expansion titled Claws of Veeshan has been released, taking players back to the fabled continent of Veeshan to fight off undead and of course Dragons. Six new zones is introduced in the new expanison, along with a slew of quests, raids, abilities and AAs. Options to buy Claws of Veeshan are Standard Edition …
The players of Everquest and all the other Daybreak(formerly SOE) games haven’t really ever gotten much information about the developer, and the secrecy has often led to rumors that player numbers are dwindling or that the whole ship is going down. With the recent acquisition of Daybreak by Enad Global 7, an investor presentation was …
It’s been 20 years now since the launch of Everquest, and while the graphics for the original EQ might have been groundbreaking for an online game at the time, the game still had to rely on some high-quality artwork to draw in and immerse players into the world of Norrath. One artist helped build and …
Everquest will be merging some of their servers on May 20th. The traisition will start on May 19th but the downtime will take 24 hours. The affected servers are; Lockjaw -> RagefireTrakanon -> VoxFippy -> VoxBrekt -> FV
It’s been 21 years since I first set foot in Norrath. I still remember the day and find it quite hard to believe. A bunch of things is planned for the anniversary like a free level 85 boost and a 50% XP bonus. We’ve got some great things in store for the anniversary, such as …
Last week, EQ and EQ2 producer and head of Darkpaw Games Holly Longdale, announced her departure from the franchise with Jennifer Chan taking over. Chan was previously the technical director for 6 years and was a programmer with the franchise since 2008. In her first-ever producer’s letter, she has a message to all Everquest fans …